TESTIMONY
Their schoolyard seems a little empty these days. Like all children with two caring parents mobilized in the context of the state of health emergency, Quentin, 10, and Tristan, 8, continue to go to school. Normally, the establishment welcomes up to 200 children; but since the containment began in mid-March, there are only fifteen.
"It's not as usual, when I'm in the classroom and in the yard I feel a little lonely ..." confides Tristan, a little sad, at the microphone of Europe 1. "But I know that if our parents keep us at home, they will no longer be able to go to the hospital and treat people, "he said.
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"I am proud of my parents"
The two children find that their parents are exhausted when they return. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the lack of space in the resuscitation rooms, the shortage of protective equipment and staff, such as the brutality of the disease, have put hospitals under pressure. Added to this is the anger of having warned for so long, in vain, of the lack of means and of never having been heard.
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"They tell us that they are tired, that they are overworked and that they need help," reports Quentin. "They get angry faster, go to bed early and watch movies to think of something else."
"As soon as they come back, I don't have time to give them a hug, they'll take a shower directly, so as not to transmit the coronavirus they can catch in the hospital," says Tristan again.
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To communicate their support, the two young boys open the window every evening and applaud. "We applaud our parents and thank the others," says Quentin. "It makes me happy, I'm proud of my parents."